Development Manager -Northeast And Mid-Atlantic Region

Development Manager

Our Culture: Why work with us?

Our team is NEEP's most valuable resource. We represent a diverse mosaic of backgrounds, ideas, perspectives, and life experiences. The thing that unites us is our common mission to accelerate building energy efficiency, electrification, and grid-flexibility across Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states as a core strategy to reduce climate pollution and build an affordable, sustainable, and resilient energy future. We've nurtured an environment that values creative thinking and well-informed decision-making, embracing diversity and inclusivity. Our leadership places a strong emphasis on transparency, accessibility, authenticity, and the growth of our employees.

If you are passionate about building and nurturing relationships with funders then you might be a great candidate for our team.

What's in it for you:

NEEP is a remote-first organization, which allows our employees to work in any of NEEP's 13 states/jurisdictions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region. Are you someone who can strategize and develop a comprehensive fundraising plan, build productive relationships with funders, and secure revenue to support NEEP's mission? If yes, please keep reading:

Are you a team player with strong organization and communications skills? Do you like working with different types of people and programs? Can you develop high-quality proposals, cultivate long-lasting and mutually-beneficial partnerships, and coordinate colleagues to plan and execute funding proposals? If you possess excellent communication skills, can work collaboratively across teams, thrive on details and have had experience and success in funder relations, you might be just who we're looking for. If you also have a deep interest in non-profit work and the passion to champion mission-driven vision and values, we'd love to hear from you.

A day in the life of this role:

In this role, you will be an integral member of our Strategic Marketing & Communications team, and will work closely with our senior leadership team and Executive Director. You will develop and execute our fundraising strategy and work regularly with our partners to support NEEP's mission.

Fundraising Strategy

You'll develop our annual fundraising plan with goals and strategies to identify, cultivate, and solicit funding opportunities. You'll work with the senior leadership and program team to develop and coordinate a pipeline of compelling cases for project-specific and organization-wide grant support.

Materials Development

You'll be integral to the development of professional, persuasive project concepts and funding proposals. You'll ensure a smooth, effective, and impactful grant writing and reporting process responsive to funder needs. You'll lead and manage grant proposal development and track and assess federal, state and foundation grant funding announcements to identify opportunities for NEEP.

Relationship Building

You'll work with the Executive Director to cultivate and maintain productive funder relationships, including researching, recommending and recruiting new funders to maintain and expand NEEP's broad and diverse funding base. You'll monitor all foundation and funder outreach activities and, in collaboration with appropriate staff, participate in relationship building, content development, follow-up and reporting.

Internal Collaboration

You'll work with senior leadership and our program team to achieve NEEP's fundraisings goals and support internal collaboration and coordination of NEEP development activities and materials so that all work is effectively planned and implemented.

What we need from you:

At least 3-5 years of experience in nonprofit fundraising, funder relationship management, grant writing, and/or a related field. Advanced degree may be used in lieu some work experience.

Excellent communications skills, both written and oral, and demonstrated experience to work collaboratively across teams.

Energetic and self-directed, with effective time management and organizational skills including the ability to deal with several priorities at the same time

Experience using Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms to monitor stakeholder engagement, track funding opportunities and follow-up, and capture metrics to demonstrate value

Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, web-based tools, and CRM software

Position is exempt and scheduled 40 hours per week although additional hours including evening and weekend may be required.

Must reside in one of NEEP's 13 states/jurisdiction in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region.

The position is exempt and scheduled 40 hours per week although additional hours including evenings and weekends may be required.

At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the job description. Even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways - not just candidates who check all the boxes. We want people to feel comfortable expressing their true selves and to come, stay, and do their best work here.

NEEP Perks include:

Remote work and flexible schedule

Medical (paid at 75%), dental, and vision (paid at 100%) insurance for employees and their families

Flexible spending plans for healthcare and dependent care

$80/month home office stipend

Accrued paid time off and 12 paid holidays (four of which are floating holidays - take them whenever you'd like!)

401(k) plan with generous match

NEEP is committed to an organizational culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, and physical or mental disability. We apply this policy to assure non-discriminatory practices in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, and all other activities. It also supports our capacity to achieve our mission on a regional scale. NEEP requires all employees to complete their COVID-19 vaccination series or have an approved exception to the requirement due to a medical condition. Successful candidates for this position must submit vaccination documentation or be approved for an exception before their first day of employment. Failure to provide proof of full documentation or receipt of an approved exception will lead to withdrawal of the job offer.